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![]() Reilly as her husband Franklin, and Ezra Miller as Kevin, We Need To Talk About Kevin is condensed down from a 400 page first person narrative, to a two hour film that abandons much of the novel’s dialogue in favour of striking imagery. Casting Tilda Swinton as Eva Khatchadourian, John C. Very rarely is a woman who despises her own child shown without condemnation, but in Shriver’s novel, it is presented for the readers to decide whether or not Kevin’s mother is a good person.ĭirector Lynne Ramsay often works from adaptations of novels to create intensely visual and thematic films, and adapted Shriver’s novel for the screen in 2011. It has a female protagonist who is difficult to like due to her rejection of the maternal ideal that is typically cast in literature, film and TV. A book initially rejected by publishers in the wake of 9/11 due to its violent content, Kevin is a dark and disturbing story that not only remains current because of the tragic persistence of school shootings in America, but also because of it tackles the idea of failed motherhood. ![]() ![]() What do you think of when you hear the name Kevin? For many, it’s Lionel Shriver’s creation of modern day demon child Kevin Khatchadourian, who commits a mass shooting at his school in the thriller novel We Need To Talk About Kevin, that comes to people’s minds. ![]()
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